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Comcast Sports Net, finally

Posted: March 19, 2008 at 11:51 am by Mike in Sports, TV
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Back in October I wrote about being stuck in Comcast Purgatory. About a month or two ago that all changed. I was flipping thru the channels one day and noticed that I landed on Comcast Sports Net twice. I spent time watching both and it was evident after a few days that I picked up CSN out of Philly while at the same time keeping CSN MidAtlantic. If I remember correctly CSN Philly replaced ESPN Classics on the analog end of the channels. I currently do not subscribe to the HD package so I dont know if CSN Philly is available in my area.

So thank you Comcast. I can watch Flyers hockey now. I still have to chuckle a bit about CSN Philly being taken away from Shawn a neighbor behind me. If Comcast does consolidate the feed here in Littlestown to the formerly Suscom head-end from the formely Adelphia/GS Communications network he will at somepoint be able to pick CSN Philly back up.

Stuck in Comcast Purgatory

Posted: October 6, 2007 at 12:51 am by Mike in Sports, TV
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I am stuck in a sort of Comcast Purgatory. Stuck between being too close to Philadelphia yet being too far away from Philly to be a Flyers fan. I am not the only one. Icer44 in that thread is almost an hour closer to Philly then I am. I live about a 138 miles, 2 hours and 39 minutes drive away from the Wachovia center.

There are 2 ways to pick up the majority of the Philadelphia Flyers games. One is to watch Comcast SportsNet(CSN) Philadelphia, the other is to pick up the NHL Center Ice Package. In my area neither works for me with Comcast.

I moved up to a small town in Adams County Pennsylvania back in 2001. Back then we had a choice for cable companies, GS Communications and Susquehanna Communications (Suscom). Neither provider offered CSN Philly, instead carried what is now called CSN Mid-Atlantic. At the time it carried the Orioles along with Wizards basketball and Capitals hockey. At the time it appeared that carrying that channel instead of CSN Philly made a little sense. Even though my tiny town is in PA, I am closer to Balitmore and even DC then I am Philly or Pittsburgh. We are considered the Baltimore market, closer to the Orioles then the Phillies.
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